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| Issuer | Thourioi |
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| Year | 280 BC - 213 BC |
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| Diameter | 11 mm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing left, rendered in the Hellenistic style with finely detailed hair gathered beneath a laurel wreath and flowing in loose locks behind the neck. A monogram appears in the field behind the neck. The portrait displays characteristic idealized Greek facial features with a strong jaw and prominent brow. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A cornucopia (horn of plenty) shown upright in the center of the field, decorated at its mouth with a diadem or wreath-like band and filled with fruits and foliage. Greek letters ΣΩ appear to the left of the cornucopia, ΘΟΥ to the upper right, and ΦΙ below, together forming an abbreviated civic legend referencing the city of Thourioi. A secondary monogram or magistrate symbol appears at the base of the cornucopia. |
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